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command line tool and library
for transferring data with URLs



What's curl used for?


Who makes curl?

curl is free and open source software and exists thanks to thousands of contributors and our awesome sponsors. The curl project follows well established open source best practices. You too can help us improve!

What's the latest curl?

The most recent stable version is 7.71.1, released on 1st of July 2020. Currently, 77 of the listed downloads are of the latest version.

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Where's the code?

Check out the latest source code from github.

Everything curl

Everything curl book cover

Everything curl is a detailed and totally free book available in several formats, that explains basically everything there is to know about curl, libcurl and the associated project.


Everything curl is itself an open project that accepts your contributions and help.